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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GI89069
Neapolis, Campania, Italy, c. 350 - 326 B.C.
|Italy|, |Neapolis,| |Campania,| |Italy,| |c.| |350| |-| |326| |B.C.|, This is either an underweight early half unit or an overweight quarter unit. The usual half unit has a star on the man-faced bull's shoulder, but a few heavy specimens suggest an early series of half-units was struck without the star. Perhaps the star was introduced after they discovered it could difficult to differentiate between the denominations. Click to see a larger image.
GI89069. Bronze quarter or half unit, cf. Potamikon 195 (half unit) or Potamikon 196 ff. (quarter unit), aF, heavy flan, green and red mottled patina, reverse die wear and break at 10:00, tiny edge cracks, Neapolis (Naples, Italy) mint, weight 4.283g, maximum diameter 19.8mm, die axis 225o, c. 350 - 326 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, laurel leaves in triple clusters; reverse NEOΠOΛITEΩN (or similar, clockwise starting behind), forepart of river-god Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull right, head in profile, linear border, no star on shoulder; very rare; SOLD




  








While most of the coins on this page will be from the Classical Period, 480 - 323 B.C., some later Hellenistic coins with superb portraits may also be included


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